Recent content by Dereliction

Well, the gambit isn't necessarily as large for me as it might be for the rival. After all, I'm just betting that one of my cities will produce before he does, and even if I lose I'll still get a small shot of cash for the effort. Don't get me wrong, it may not always be a good idea (and in many...

At least a couple times I felt the SE definitely helped my cause. In one situation, I invaded a diplomatically strong Gilgamesh who was closing in on a cultural win (hence, my need to deprive him of key culture cities). The assault led to DoWs and war with three civs, so I had to stay in full...

For some games, when I'm clearly going to win, I'll quit rather than play it all out. I'd rather move on to a new challenge, I suppose. However, if I've for some reason had a spectacular game, I will play it entirely. Maybe it's to see the final score, but I think more often it is to see how...

You're right, I know it. However, the experience wouldn't be complete unless I stress out about it daily until the game is released. *eye twitches*

Um, yeah. That's what I said ... FTA: "The first suspicions of a market-driven compromise are usually generated by the dreaded "A" word, accessibility. While it's true that some game systems, like religion and espionage, have been removed, fears that Civilization Revolution on the console has...

While, to some extent, you're right that technology spreads, the idea that it is rarely "stolen" is an erroneous notion. Arguably, that has never been more true than in more modern times, but the use of spies and informants has been important since the dawn of civilization itself. The ancient...

Huayna Capac is pronounced: Wahy-nah Kah-pahk (sounds like "Whiner Car-park" with a nasally toned Boston accent) Quechua is pronounced: Kech-wah (sounds like "Catch-one" said after 5 quick shots of bourbon) No, seriously ... those are the pronunciations. :crazyeye:

Industrious is just useful to warmongers in a different way than builders. For them, the cheap forges act as a production catalyst for the war machine, improving the rate at which new units can be constructed. What warmonger isn't interested in their industrial capacity, after all...

Eh, I could be wrong here but I'm pretty sure Henrycccc is trying to pull our leg. I'm just surprised some of you fell for it. :mischief:

[ in reference to post: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=3422534&postcount=402 ] No, no...that's Saddam Hussein's PR guy with a new job working for the Germans it looks. Now he's on CNN telling the world that the enemy will be crushed, that the city is fine and so forth even as...

Well, it's actually the "Boer War", and there were two of them. But you are right, the results of that war significantly affected the British army. Things they learned fighting against the Boers were translated into tactics used during WWI, not so many years later. It's interesting to note that...

American Empire Consider yourself enlightened :)